franc

He sometimes lent ten francs to a friend. Courfeyrac had once been able to borrow sixty francs of him.

Then he took out his checkbook and pen, and wrote a check for fifty thousand francs.

I was still hoping that she would come back and give me another fifty francs' worth. But time dragged on and there was no sign of her.

although she earned only sixty francs a year , she was reputed to be one of the richest servant girls in saumur.

Still, he achieved huge publicity (and got to pocket 25, 000 francs of the advance), and the idea took on a life of its own.

By dint of toil, perseverance, courage, and will, he had managed to draw from his work about seven hundred francs a year.

I had him at such a point that he would come running after me, in the street, to inquire if he could lend me a few francs.

Her eyes rested for an instant on the three francs I left for the waiter, and I knew that she thought me mean.

A notary 's failure deprived him of the sum of ten thousand francs, which was all that he possessed in his brother's right and his own.

His sister was in receipt of a yearly income of five hundred francs, which sufficed for her personal wants at the vicarage.

It had taken this committee four meetings, which had cost altogether more than one million Swiss francs.

It was a process, which had lasted two years, involving five meetings, at a cost of one million Swiss francs, with no results.

He assured me that was impossible because he traded unrelated markets, and there was no correlation between Swiss francs and pork bellies.

At dawn I parted company with the young Hindu, after touching him for a few francs, enough for a room.

When the old woman had taken her departure, he did up a hundred francs which he had in a cupboard, into a roll, and put it in his pocket.

Whereas at the moment, you've got eight or ten thousand francs a year on which we can manage.

The charge was currency offences, based on a few Swiss francs found in her bungalow among the jade, rose-quartz, Lalique and Rosenthal.

Shit, I didn't have the heart to haggle about a few francs at the moment.

it is worth fifty thousand francs, and I repeat my wish that this sum may suffice to release you from your wretchedness.

He drew as much as two thousand francs a year from it; this constituted nearly the whole of his fortune.

Pay for the poor people and give them five francs, and do not tell them that it was I.

Thus, breakfast four sous, dinner sixteen sous; his food cost him twenty sous a day; which made three hundred and sixty-five francs a year.

One day, he chanced to say to Magnon as she handed him his monthly stipend of ten francs: "The father must give them some education. "

I wonder what he would have said when I gave him twenty-nine thousand eight hundred francs for his picture.

The best offer I achieved was Swiss Francs 65'000. - as you know.

Moreover, Buddha thinks festival madame also to be able to pay the German 6, 000 francs spirits loss expense.

To make it brief, I got a meal and a few francs besides.

They only paid fifty francs a piece, but they were easy to do because I had only to consult the back issues and revamp the old articles.

But as I had then 300, 000 Swiss francs in the bank I was crazy to enjoy myself, because in Russia they were always strict with me.

And, in theory the scope is unlimited; the Bank of England ran out of resources in 1992, but the SNB can create francs without number.

Hungarians borrowing in Swiss francs win nine percentage points of interest savings a year.

First he gave twenty sous, then five francs, then fifty francs, then fifteen hundred francs, all with equal readiness.

instead, investors once attracted by the safety of the Deutschemark are likely to hold more Swiss francs as a substitute.

The Secretariat estimated that this exposed WIPO to a currency loss or gain of 10 million Swiss francs per year.

R: So we bought currency for the customer and our customer could then work out his price in French francs instead of US dollars.

Dr Morlet paid the Fradins 200 francs a year to dig there, and wrote articles about the finds in Emile's name as well as his own.

"Pardon, excuse me, sir, " he said, quite breathless, "but here are your fifteen hundred francs. "

He wasted a tolerably large allowance, something like three thousand francs a year, in doing nothing.

But she's got her mind set on the fifteen francs and if I don't want to fight about it she's going to make me fight.

He had decided that he would go on investing money in the funds until they rose to a hundred francs.

All in all, with what I had won, I found myself in possession of twelve thousand francs which seemed an inexhaustible capital to me.

In a jiffy I was back at the wardrobe and fumbling with her purse. I pocketed the hundred francs and all the loose change besides.

The price of that tricycle is less than one hundred and eighty-five francs.

TWO days later, the sale was completely over. It had realized one hundred and fifty thousand francs.

As good as three francs fifty in hard cash, and it had never occurred to me!

It would be embarrassing to find myself ten francs short and be obliged to borrow from my guest. I could not bring myself to do that.

the fineness and luster of its pelt guaranteed that it would go for at least 2, 000 francs.

I dropped several francs into the coin slot and the machine came to life. I sat down beside her.

It was on one of these visitsthat he came to me and asked for the loan of two hundred francs.

Her eyes rested for an instant on the three francs I left for the waiter.

I gave you the candlesticks too, which are of silver like the rest, and for which you can certainly get two hundred francs.

I do not want to tell you the exact amount. But I would give fifty thousand francs to the person who helps me find that letter.

It predicted that the company would lose 300 million francs in the current financial year and continue losing money for two more years.

And even if she did learn that he had left her 2, 500 francs or so she couldn't prove it. I could always say that he imagined it.

It had cost her less than two francs.

And in Geneva by auction, the last emperor of the big Vietnam a rolex watch wears off, to be sold 342000 Swiss francs.

Each encounter the company arranges costs another 250 Swiss francs per person. Dinner is not included.

Here it is, some French francs, Swiss francs , American dollars and a few Dutch guilders.

nevertheless , she paid up , throwing the six francs at laure , whom at the moment she despised more than the mud in the street.

From time to time he used to give her a hundred francs or so on account.

Here it is, some French francs, Swi francs, American dollars and a few Dutch guilders .

purchases 10 pounds for 95 francs, presents the 10 pounds to the Bank of England gold window in exchange for an ounce of gold.

Foreign-currency borrowing, 95% of it in Swiss francs, accounts for over two-thirds of total lending.

When traveling abroad, you will need a passport for identification when exchanging dollars for francs or marks or other foreign currency.

Fix your own hour for to-morrow, and my cashier shall call on you with a check for eighty thousand francs.

In jewelry business, they found a string of identical necklace, value than 36, 000 francs.

The system had given him six signals: in soybeans, Swiss francs, pork bellies, and three other markets.

old silver. -- From the ladle one could get at least two hundred francs.

Andrea gave the inn-keeper twenty francs, and in taking them from his pocket dropped a visiting card .

I thus found myself rich once more to the tune of ten thousand francs or so, in addition to my allowance.

most choose to punish the proposer and refuse the money if less than 5 Swiss francs is offered.

We don't accept payment in US dollars. Please conclude the business in terms of Swiss francs.

"But, " observed the honest notary, "the count is, I think, mistaken; it is only fifty thousand francs, everything included. "

Some survive by slipping the tax collector a few Congolese francs to look the other way.

Even Swiss francs aren, t reliable anymore, and I doubt there, s a trillion in Swiss debentures available in the world, anyway.

I was strolling along the Boulevard Beaumarchais, rich by a hundred francs or so which my wife had frantically cabled from America.

Net income dropped to 155. 5 million francs ($152. 9 million) from a restated 158. 5 million francs a year earlier, the company said.

Instead of pulling money out of U. S. dollar savings to buy francs, they might be better off sticking with dollars.

The mayor had given her fifty francs because he was good, and had dismissed her because he was just.

Dollars, euros, pounds, Swiss francs, even Singapore dollars, yes, but no one holds the currency of the world's second-largest economy.

the jewel is worth at least fifty thousand francs .

Bankers say Italians are converting their euros into Swiss francs and depositing them in Switzerland for safekeeping.

That will serve to pay my note for one hundred and ten francs which falls due to-morrow; I lacked fifty francs.

My first customer was a girl. It was a wonderful feeling to earn my first 250 Congolese francs myself.

As for British pounds and Swiss francs, you can buy those but just not in the vast quantities that China needs given the cash it generates.

As for British pounds, Swiss francs, you can buy those, but just not in the vast quantities that China needs given the cash it generates.

May I repeat 15 Tunnel Drillers , specifications as shown in the technical data, at 57000 Swiss Francs each, FOB European Main Ports.

They offered two hundred francs for the right to reproduce the painting.

Army lorries helped distribute them, and the National Assembly voted 10 billion francs for housing for the poor.

To cut a long story short, he came up with twenty thousand francs ? but he's got what he wanted.

Frankly, I'd rather give fifty francs to some poor French girl; at least they give you something in return.

ATM: ATMs are conveniently located throughout arrival and Departure. Dollars, pounds and francs and RMB are all available.

At dinnertime I spent fifteen francs for a meal, just about twice the amount I had planned to allot myself.

Since then nine months have elapsed, at fifteen francs a month, the price agreed upon, which makes one hundred and thirty-five francs.

A few days ago she would have handed over 920 francs.

He also assure suppliers propriete property are fully and books and books francs pledge or other duties.

Monsieur Lefevre used to give him twenty thousand francs a month.

"Three or four francs, " I had said; and the next moment along came three francs fifty.

But the SNB can create francs without limit if it wants to.

I could get her for ten francs, if I wanted to.

The price of this model of cassette-player is 2500 Belgian francs at today's rate of exchange.

He has a little room on the Rue Condorcet for which he pays sixty francs a month.

However, it is a whole lot worse for countries like Hungary where many household mortgages are denominated in Swiss francs.

Therefore, the Delegation stated , Iceland had to subsidize each application by 145 Swiss Francs, not including other costs .

In Hungary, almost every mortgage is a foreign currency mortgage, mostly denominated in Swiss francs.

A chamber where one sleeps costs twenty sous; a chamber in which one reposes costs twenty francs.

Of course investors haven't given up on their traditional safe havens of U. S. Treasurys, Japanese yen and Swiss francs.

He would have given fifteen thousand francs.

He did borrow, asking a thousand francs of one, five hundred of another, five louis here, three louis there.

"You can earn a hundred francs, " went on Jean Valjean, "if you will grant me shelter for this night. "

As shown in the said Report, the initial budget for the 2004-2005 biennium had envisaged a deficit of 50 million Swiss francs.

Recently, Swiss Post launched its unusual commemorative stamp, a square of pinewood with a face value of 5 Swiss francs (US$4).

These letters were limited to a maximum of 20 words and they were carried into Paris at a cost of 5 francs each.

A majority of Hungarian mortgages are denominated in Swiss francs (see chart), most of them taken out when the forint was relatively strong.

What does fifteen francs mean to me, particularly since it's not my fifteen francs?

I wouldn't mind spending a few hundred francs on you, but you're crazy. You haven't even washed your face.

Rick: My friend, you can make it a million francs or three. My answer would still be the same.

An ordinary toothbrush to 60 cents, or about the local currency 300 CFA francs (CFAF), but a toothbrush, is only 25 branches, or 50CFAF.

"Minus fourteen or fifteen thousand francs, possibly, " said Jean Valjean.

Their banks are most exposed to Hungarian borrowers (thanks to eager lending in euros and Swiss francs).

You should obtain a bicycle insurance sticker (vignette), which you can buy for about five francs at a post office, railway station etc.

Moreover, the six hundred thousand francs had settled the elderly spinster's indecision.

They will also be given signed Brazilian football shirts . Normal rates for the five rooms on offer range from 480 to 780 Swiss francs each.

Companies have also been buying up francs to pay two months of salary before the uncertain election period.

Fines are as much as 260 Swiss francs - and that for a first offense.

In this same year, 1823, Thenardier was burdened with about fifteen hundred francs' worth of petty debts, and this rendered him anxious.

Export surplus was 72. 54 billion francs, compared with 47. 71 billion francs in the same period a year earlier.

Almost 44 billion Swiss francs ($40. 48 billion) flowed out of its wealth business in the second quarter alone.

HSBC is Switzerland's third largest private bank with about 200 billion francs under management, TagesAnzeiger said.

M. Myriel received from the State, in his quality of bishop, a salary of fifteen thousand francs.

Buying foreign bonds (and selling Swiss francs) is thus a logical step to expand liquidity.

Every Monday, Marius had five francs handed in to the clerk's office of La Force for Thenardier.

Perhaps I could "lend" her fifteen or twenty francs, to quiet the patron?

W: May I repeat 15 Tunnel Drillers, specifications as shown in the technical data, at 57, 000 Swiss Francs each, F. O. B.

Ordinary mortgage-holders, many of whom borrowed in Swiss francs, still face a heavy burden.

Bullion also hit yesterday fresh record highs in euros, sterling and swiss francs.

Starving, with three francs fifty staring you in the face! Imbecile!

The fifth of mortgages that are in yen or Swiss francs face a doubling of payments.

Every hiccough of our sewers costs us a thousand francs .

But at the other extreme watches with an export price of more than 3, 000 francs also reported an increase of around 30%.

Even the lowest level clerk in the Swiss supermarket chain may also earn each month on the 3000 Swiss francs.

"Five hundred and eighty-four thousand francs! " murmured the aunt.

Can I buy francs from you to send him ?

On these fifteen hundred francs these two old women and the old man subsisted.

These children were precious to their mother; they represented eighty francs a month.

The house was empty, and to let for two thousand francs.

one hundred thousand francs , " repeated peppino" .

Zurich main station, by far the biggest, already generates a turnover of 200 million francs annually.

Meanwhile you will raise my monthly allowance to five hundred francs, my little fellow?

Mark Graham of Citigroup estimates more than $100bn remains to be converted, mostly from euros, but also yen, sterling and Swiss francs.

As we do business on the basis of mutual benefit, I suggest somewhere around 27MUTUAL Francs per metric ton F. O. B. , Marseilles.

L: As we do business on the basis of mutual benefit, I suggest somewhere around 270 French Francs per metric ton FOB Marseilles.

It has returned 60 billion francs of cash to shareholders.

Funds placed at the Swiss National Bank, in Swiss francs.

We think an appropriate price should be around 270 Francs per ton, FOB Shanghai.

What does he think I can do with his five francs?

We don't accept us dollars, please Swiss francs to clinch a deal business.

The IMF reckons that Polish households took on mortgages denominated in Swiss francs that were worth about 12% of GDP in 2008.

I was fastidious, exigeant, you understand, with a thousand francs in my pocket.

It was worth five hundred francs at the most.

Since his arrival at UBS in February 2009, he pulled the bank back from 19. 7 billion Swiss francs ($21. 8 billion) in 2008 losses.

He borrowed fifty francs from Philip every now and then.

Watches priced under 200 Swiss francs were the big risers in May, with exports up around 40%.

Loisel possessed eighteen thousand francs which his father had left him.

It was worth five hundred francs at most.

What would you give me for my French francs?

He paid twenty francs for the cast-off garments.

Ten million francs has been budgeted for the project.

Here's our offer, 310 francs per ton, F. O. B. , Marseilles. You will notice the quotation is much lower than the current market price.

Oh, dear. Mine is made of glass. It cost 100 francs at the most .

I paid three thousand francs for the colour TV set.

Five hundred francs, Monsieur le Maire.

Could you change these French francs for me?

Eighty francs, Mr. Inspector.

This sum has been estimated at six or seven hundred thousand francs.

They paid one hundred and thirty Francs in advance.

"Twenty-three francs! " cried the woman, with an enthusiasm which was mingled with some hesitation.

The new diamond necklace cost the Loisels thirty-six thousand francs.

But the money - some 6. 9m Swiss Francs (4. 5m euro) has yet to BE allocated.

Here it is, some Louis francs, Swiss francs, American dollars or a less Dutch guilders.

She sent the forty francs to Montfermeil.

The actual result for the 2004-2005 biennium had been, however, a surplus of 11. 5 Million Swiss francs.

May I start at twenty francs? Fifteen, then?

The bank's total 2009 bonus pool is 6. 85 billion Swiss francs ($6. 04 billion).

They exchanged U. S. dollars for Francs.

' "Imbecile! Didn't you pay three francs fifty deposit on it? "

The project has been budgeted at ten million francs.

In summary, the estimated unit cost, in 2006, for processing a PCT application was 886 Swiss francs.

He changed his dollars into francs.

They went off to Rousseau's and spent six francs.

Good gracious, yes, sir, it is twenty-three francs.

WHEN the going gets tough, the tough buy Swiss francs.

She collected the three thousand francs from the third man and smuggled him into the bakery that very night.

I'd like to convert some francs into dollars.

A: There are at least two kinds of Francs: French and Swiss.

He doesn't care a rap about the fifteen francs either now; it's the situation itself which intrigues him.

The government is paying its debts in dollars and holding onto francs to keep the currency stable.

Morgan Stanley cut the stock to "underweight" from "equal weight" and reduced its price estimate to 16 francs from 18. 50 francs.

Nestle sank 3 percent to 52. 05 Swiss francs, dragging a measure of food and beverage shares to the biggest drop in five months.

Look at this: British pounds; French francs; and German marks.

He has a private income of twenty- five thousand francs.

But this is doing the opposite, creating Swiss francs to accumulate reserves.

Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg predicted net income of 581. 6 million francs.

Foreigners with dollars, pounds, Swiss francs, or Czech crowns lived in opulence.

Sika AG climbed to its highest price in three years, gaining 5. 2 percent to 2, 154 Swiss francs.

But there's the fifteen francs and something has to be done about it.

The region has borrowed $1. 6 trillion in dollars, euros, and Swiss francs.

They will pay a hundred and thirty francs in advance.

It announced a "minimum" exchange rate target of 1. 20 francs per euro ( here is the announcement) and the markets fell into line.

Anyone coming to her table to change a dollar bill now will get 800 francs.

Give me200 dollar worth of french francs .

Now I think we are rich, since instead of the 114 francs we require for the journey we find ourselves in possession of 250.

This deficit had been reduced to 14. 5 Million Swiss francs in the Revised Budget for 2004-2005.

The euro rose as high as 1. 22 francs on trading platform EBS, ending four days of losses.

Sonova Holding AG dropped 3 percent to 121 Swiss francs, ending two days of gains.

Only 101 chessboards have been produced and each set costs 12, 000 Swiss francs.

Here's our offer, 310 Francs per ton, F. O. B. Marseilles.

I'd like to exchange some francs.

First, Japan provided 2. 5 Million Swiss francs per year as WIPO Funds-in-Trust.

M. Madeleine immediately sent three hundred francs more, and wrote, "Make haste to bring Cosette. "

Mr. Grubel set a goal of generating annual pretax profit of 15 billion Swiss francs ($15. 54 billion) by 2014 at the latest.

I congratulate you. You have there a rent of nine thousand francs per annum.

in all, 287, 500 francs. " It is impossible to describe what Morrel suffered during this enumeration . "

It''s 200 French francs at today''s selling rate.

Clerk: Yes, of course . We can sell you a remittance check payable in francs and you can send that to him .

Sixty francs in the gulf.

It's 600 French francs at today's selling rate.

Now, of course I had paid the three francs fifty.

Trading revenue slumped 41 percent to 2. 54 billion francs, also missing analysts' forecast for about 3 billion francs.

I will be here at six, and I will fetch you the sixty francs.

He dropped 1, 000 francs at the casino last night.

d like to know the rate for Swiss francs.

In November 2010 he spent 45. 4m Swiss francs on a 25-carat pink diamond that he named "the Graff Pink. "

The euro had an even rougher day against the Swiss franc, falling to a record low of 1. 2270 francs, down about 1 percent from late Tuesday.

Wealth management in America performed well, with net new money totaling 16 billion francs in the first quarter.

"I have ten francs left, " said Marius.

said, is bringing 6, 000 francs, slams a door goes.

Do you suppose I have paid a thousand francs for that?

At that moment, he had three francs left.

Actelion rallied 11 percent to 49. 48 Swiss francs, the biggest gain in more than three years.

The ancient painting was purchased for 50, 000 francs in 1989.

'Don't sell tickets for Box 5! 20, 000 francs a month! 'Monsieur Armand was very angry again.

Syngenta, the world's largest supplier of agricultural chemicals, gained 1. 4 percent to 288. 2 Swiss francs.

For example, when you convert between French francs and U. S. dollars, the reference currency is the euro.

Net revenue edged down 2% to 8. 42 billion Swiss francs.

Roche stock closed up 1. 4 percent at 149 Swiss francs, outperforming a 0. 7 percent firmer DJ Stoxx European drugs index.

Logitech sank 5. 4 percent to 16. 89 Swiss francs, the biggest decline since June.

Givaudan, the world's biggest maker of flavors and fragrances, tumbled 1. 7 percent to 1, 015 francs.

Nestle, the world's largest food company, fell 1. 4 percent to 55 francs.

Switzerland also began selling Swiss francs on foreign exchanges last year to weaken its currency.